Silampari Airport

Summary

Silampari Airport (IATA: LLJ, ICAO: WIPB) is an airport located in Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia.

Silampari Airport

Bandar Udara Silampari
Summary
Airport typeCivil
ServesLubuklinggau, South Sumatra
LocationLubuklinggau, South Sumatra
Time zoneWIB (UTC+07:00)
Elevation AMSL125 m / 410 ft
Coordinates03°16′48″S 102°55′02″E / 3.28000°S 102.91722°E / -3.28000; 102.91722
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Silampari Airport is located in Indonesia
Silampari Airport
Silampari Airport
Location in Indonesia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 2,250 7,382 Asphalt

Silampari Airport was originally a pioneering airport and began operation on May 7, 1994. It was inaugurated by the Governor of South Sumatra, Ramli Hasan Basri and the Minister of Transportation, Haryanto Danutirto.

The airport serves flights only Silampari-Palembang route with Cassa aircraft with a capacity of 19 passengers.

Due to limited operational funds, the airport was closed between 2001 and 2004. Beginning in January 2005, the airport re-operated with subsidies from the Government of Musi Rawas.[1]

At the end of May 2015, Nam Air, a subsidiary of Sriwijaya Air, initialized its direct flight to Jakarta with Boeing 737-500. Sriwijaya Air and Nam Air both are medium-service airlines with longer seat pitch, food and beverage, and used one ticket for both airlines.[2]

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

AirlinesDestinations
Batik Air Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta[3]

Statistics edit

Frequency of flights at Silampari Airport
Rank Destinations Frequency (weekly) Airline(s)
1 Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Jakarta 10 Batik Air

References edit

  1. ^ Pemkab Musi Rawas
  2. ^ "Sriwijaya Air offers 'one ticket for two airlines' service". Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Default".

External links edit

  • (in Indonesian) Dirjen Perhubungan Udara